{"id":21767,"date":"2020-01-20T22:41:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T11:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=21767"},"modified":"2020-01-26T15:27:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T04:27:35","slug":"open-court-sessions-no-skill-no-racquet-no-mates-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2020\/01\/20\/open-court-sessions-no-skill-no-racquet-no-mates-required","title":{"rendered":"OPEN COURT SESSIONS: NO SKILL, NO RACQUET, NO MATES REQUIRED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who\u2019s ever thought about returning or taking up tennis has been there: in one instant you can\u2019t wait to get on court. In the next, it seems all too hard.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll never be able to hit like Roger Federer. And forget about replicating Ash Barty\u2019s slice. There\u2019s also the fact you don\u2019t own a racquet or proper tennis wear. How do you even book a court? Or find someone else to play?<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that all those obstacles \u2013 and anything else that\u2019s ever stopped you participating \u2013 no longer exist. Open Court Sessions is the new, fun (and most of all\u00a0<em>easy!)\u00a0<\/em>way to play tennis. And not only is it available at more than 1000 Australian clubs, but anybody \u2013 whether they\u2019ve experienced tennis before or not \u2013 is welcome to play.<\/p>\n<p>Open Court Sessions throws tradition out the door to include music that will keep you moving, fun tennis activities as well as off-court socialising with food and drinks. Equipment is available to all participants, so you no longer need to worry about finding a racquet, or even someone else to hit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Open Court Sessions \u2013 no skill, no racquet, no mates required\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8H6GDjImy2U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But best of all it\u2019s never been easier. Simply log on to play.tennis.com.au to find where Open Court Sessions is closest to you. You\u2019ll be playing and making new friends in on time \u2013 and you can leave the serious stuff to the pros.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To find out more about Open Court Sessions or find one near you, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.tennis.com.au\/\">play.tennis.com.au.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better with banter than you are with a backhand? Prefer snacks over serves? Open Court Sessions, now available at more than 1000 clubs across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6038,"featured_media":21768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}